GPO - OneDrive configuration
Would you like to learn how to use a group policy to configure OneDrive? In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a group policy to manage the OneDrive configuration automatically on all computers in the domain.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7
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Tutorial GPO - Configure the OneDrive
On the domain controller, download the latest version of the OneDrive.
Double-click the application named ONEDRIVESETUP.
Perform the installation of the OneDrive software.
As an Administrator, start an elevated command-line.
Access the ONEDRIVE application directory.
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Here is the command output.
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In our example, the OneDrive version installed was 21.073.0411.0002.
Access the directory named ADM and copy the ADMX file to the Policy definitions directory.
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Access the correct language subdirectory.
Copy the ADML files to the correct language directory inside the Policy definitions.
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The system offers the ADML files for multiple languages.
On the domain controller, open the group policy management tool.
Create a new group policy.
Enter a name for the new group policy.
In our example, the new GPO was named: MY-GPO.
On the Group Policy Management screen, expand the folder named Group Policy Objects.
Right-click your new Group Policy Object and select the Edit option.
On the group policy editor screen, expand the Computer configuration folder and locate the following item.
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Here are the OneDrive configuration options.
Perform the desired group policy configurations.
To save the group policy configuration, you need to close the Group Policy editor.
Congratulations! You have finished the GPO creation.
Tutorial GPO - Microsoft OneDrive
On the Group policy management screen, you need to right-click the Organizational Unit desired and select the option to link an existent GPO.
In our example, we are going to link the group policy named MY-GPO to the root of the domain.
After applying the GPO you need to wait for 10 or 20 minutes.
During this time the GPO will be replicated to other domain controllers.
In our example, we created a GPO to configure the Microsoft OneDrive.
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